Whip-lock.



M. R. MGGLEL'LAND.

WHIP LOCK.

APPLIGATION FILED oc-T.s,19o'1.

Patented A111220, 1909.

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WHIP LOCK.

APPLIOATION FILED 00T. 8.1907.

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MILFORD R. MOOLELLAND ,OF ASTORIA, ILLINOIS.

WHIP-LOCK.

Application led October 8,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILFORD R. MOCLEL- LAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Astoria, in the county of Fulton, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip-Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in whip locks, and more particularly to a whip lock including a socket and means for locking the whip in the socket.

In connection with a whip lock having the above general characteristics, the invention aims as a primary obj ect to provide a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, the details of which will appear in the course of the following` description, in which reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, like characters of reference designating similar parts, throughout the several views, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a whip lock constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a detailed side elevation of the lower end of the whip.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates the dash board of a vehicle at one side Of which is mounted a whip socket 5 having projecting attaching lugs 6. The socket 5 carries at its lower end, a lock casing 7 brazed or otherwise secured thereto and is constructed in said lower end with a curved opening S, through which the tumbler of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

1907. Serial No. 396,516.

lock has movement, the said tumbler preferably being curved. The whip is designated by the numeral 9, and at its lower end carries a keeper 10 in the form of a staple, the legs of which are secured to the whip 9. The keeper l() depends from said whip and is designed to engage in a vertical upward extension S of the opening 8, the bottom of the whip resting upon the base of the socket. In such relation, the whip is locked by operating the lock with a key to engage the tumbler 11 thereof, through the keeper 10. When the lock is operated to dsengage the tumbler from the keeper, the whip may be withdrawn from the socket 5.

For the purpose of centering the whip in the socket, ornamentation 12 and 13 is employed, the corresponding positions of which showing that the whip is properly centered with relation to the extension 8 during the insertion of said whip into the socket.

What is claimed is:

In a whip lock, the combination with a whip having a keeper on the lower end thereof, of a whip socket, a lock casing secured On the lower end of said socket, said socket having a vertical Opening leading tothe center of its bottom to receive the whip keeper and further provided with a curved opening intersecting said vertical opening and in communication with the lock casing, and a key- Operated tumbler in said casing and movable through the curved opening and adapted to engage the keeper of the whip.

In testimony whereof, I afix my signature, in presence of vtwo witnesses.

MILFORD It. MOCLELLAND.

Witnesses:

U. S. COLLINS, W. M. HORTON. 

